HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

noun

1. The fear of ankylosis.

adj

1. (mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).

noun

1. Antiblack sentiments or politics.

adj

1. Preventing breakage.

adj

1. Serving to counter kickbacks (illicit payments); antibribery.
2. Serving to prevent kickbacks (accidents with machinery).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.

noun

1. plural of backbencher

adv

1. In a backbiting manner.

adj

1. Cowardly, spineless.
2. Without a backbone; invertebrate.

noun

1. plural of backbreaker

adj

1. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

verb

1. present participle of backcheck

noun

1. (basketball) A backcourt player.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

verb

1. present participle of backcross

verb

1. present participle of backdrop

verb

1. present participle of backflip

adj

1. (computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
2. Moved to the background

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of background

noun

1. (chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
2. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
3. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

noun

1. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.

verb

1. present participle of backlight

noun

1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

verb

1. (US) present participle of backpedal

verb

1. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal

noun

1. plural of backscatter

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscatter

noun

1. plural of backslapper

noun

1. action of the verb to backslap

verb

1. present participle of backslap

noun

1. plural of backsplash

verb

1. present participle of backsplice

noun

1. plural of backstabber

noun

1. The act of one who backstabs.

verb

1. present participle of backstab

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstitch

noun

1. plural of backstitch

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch

verb

1. present participle of backstop

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

noun

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite

noun

1. Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. (historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. plural of backswordman

noun

1. plural of backtracker

noun

1. (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
2. (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.

verb

1. present participle of backtrack

noun

1. Reluctance.
2. The state of being backward.

noun

1. (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
2. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
3. An uncivilized person.

noun

1. plural of backwoodsman

noun

1. (nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.

noun

1. plural of bankruptcy

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.

adj

1. Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.

noun

1. The manufacture of barrels.

noun

1. (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.

noun

1. The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

noun

1. Alternative form of beglerbeglic

noun

1. A performance measurement according to a benchmark.

verb

1. present participle of benchmark

Proper noun

1. A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.

verb

1. present participle of besprinkle

noun

1. Synonym of billposting

noun

1. plural of biofeedback

noun

1. An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed

verb

1. present participle of blackball

noun

1. plural of blackberry

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry

noun

1. plural of blackbirder

noun

1. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.

verb

1. present participle of blackbird

noun

1. A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
2. The berry borne by this shrub.

noun

1. plural of blackfellow

noun

1. (slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.

verb

1. present participle of blackfish

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackguard

adj

1. Characteristic of a blackguard.

noun

1. plural of blackhander

adj

1. Alternative form of black-hearted

noun

1. The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.

verb

1. present participle of blackjack

noun

1. The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.

verb

1. present participle of blackleg

noun

1. plural of blacklister

noun

1. The act of placing onto a blacklist.

verb

1. present participle of blacklist

noun

1. plural of blackmailer

noun

1. The act of one who blackmails.

verb

1. present participle of blackmail

verb

1. present participle of blacktop

noun

1. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
2. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
3. The application of a coating of blackwash.

verb

1. present participle of blackwash

noun

1. Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.

noun

1. A manufacturer of blankets.

noun

1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

noun

1. plural of blockbuster

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.

noun

1. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.

adj

1. stupid

noun

1. The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.

noun

1. The state or quality of being blockish.

noun

1. plural of bloodsucker

adj

1. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
2. (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

noun

1. (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
2. (historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
3. (usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

verb

1. present participle of bodycheck

noun

1. plural of boilermaker

noun

1. The manufacture of boilers.

noun

1. plural of bookbinding

noun

1. plural of bookkeeping

noun

1. The manufacture of bottles.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck

adj

1. Having unusually short legs

noun

1. distastefulness; unpleasantness

noun

1. (medicine) Slowness of movement.

noun

1. Alternative form of bradykinesia

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia

noun

1. plural of breadbasket

noun

1. The state or property of being breakable.

noun

1. plural of breakfaster

noun

1. The act of eating breakfast.

verb

1. present participle of breakfast

adj

1. (immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
2. (medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
3. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

noun

1. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
2. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
3. (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
4. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

noun

1. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's

verb

1. to swim using this stroke

adj

1. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
2. stunningly beautiful; amazing

Proper noun

1. A town in Colorado, USA
2. an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
3. A village/town in Michigan, US.
4. A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
5. A city/town in Missouri, US.
6. A town in Oklahoma, US.
7. A city in Texas, USA

noun

1. plural of breechblock

noun

1. The act of assailing with criticism.
2. The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.

verb

1. present participle of brickbat

noun

1. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.

noun

1. plural of bricklaying

noun

1. One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.

noun

1. (chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.

noun

1. plural of brokenness

noun

1. The manufacture of buckets.

noun

1. The manufacture of bullets.

noun

1. plural of bushwhacker

noun

1. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

verb

1. present participle of bushwhack

adj

1. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
2. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.